Phatutshedzo “Shaun” Maswanganyi (born 1 February 2001) is a South African track and field athlete. He won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of South Africa's 4 x 100 metres relay team.

Personal life

Born in

Soweto Soweto () is a Township (South Africa), township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western T ...

, he attended St Alban’s College in

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. He started a finance degree at the

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in 2019.

Career

At the

2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics The 2019 African U20 Championships in Athletics was the fourteenth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger, for the first time held jointly with the African U18 Championships in At ...

held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres. He’s the current South African 60m Indoor U20 National Record holder (6.65) and current South African U20 National 100m record holder (10.06). In The American Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Maswanganyi ran the 100m in 9.87 seconds which would have been a new South African senior record had it not been wind assisted. He won gold in the 200m running a wind assisted 19.93 seconds. On 31 May 2021 he secured a double qualification for both the 100m and 200m events for the delayed

2020 Tokyo Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. Maswanganyi ran a new 100m personal best time of 9.91s to finish third at the NCAA Championship final in June 2023 in Austin, Texas. Competing in the 200 metres at the

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in 2023 he qualified for the semi finals. In February 2024, he set a new South African indoors 200m record in Texas, running 20.41 to better the mark of 20.45 by Ncincilili Titi which had stood since 2018. He competed in the 100m and 200m at the

2024 Olympic Games The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

, where he reached the semi-finals of both events. He also competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the Games, winning silver with the South African relay team. He finished seventh over 200 metres in May 2025 at the

2025 Doha Diamond League The 2025 Doha Diamond League was the 27th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Doha, Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the nor ...

. He finished sixth over 100 metres at the

2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat The 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat was the 16th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Rabat, Morocco. Held on 25 May at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, it was the fourth leg of ...

, also part of the

2025 Diamond League The 2025 Diamond League is the sixteenth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition is a revision to the top level athletics series since Diamond League foundation in 2010. Th ...

, in May 2025.

References

External links

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2001 births Living people South African male sprinters Houston Cougars men's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Soweto Athletes from Gauteng Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa 21st-century South African sportsmen FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Africa FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Alumni of St. Alban's College South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Africa Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub